swallow
Example Sentences
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At times, he appears like a minnow trying to swallow a whale.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The fact he had no responsibility for all this meant, he said, that it was "an incredibly difficult pill to swallow - not a lot, and the whole season could look totally different".
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
He is giving you this money out of his own pocket because you are his sister and he understands that you have had to swallow a bitter pill.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
But JetBlue’s debt load would be tough for any of the big carriers to swallow.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
“Aw, Jay Berry,” Daisy said, taking the stopper from the bottle, “castor oil isn’t hard to take. If you just close your eyes and swallow, you can’t even taste it.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing swallow
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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